Good Upholstery Tools for HWE

[luvsnow]

I've been looking around for a new upholstery tool for my porty. The one I have is really heavy and is always a problem with over spray. It would be nice to have something like a drimaster or sapphire upholstery tool, but they burn through too much water for my porty probably. I think I once read someone ran a drimaster with their porty and used 13 gallons of water doing just a sofa.

Any good suggestions for an upholstery tool I can use with my Mytee porty?

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[ChemBright]

I've been looking around for a new upholstery tool for my porty. The one I have is really heavy and is always a problem with over spray. It would be nice to have something like a drimaster or sapphire upholstery tool, but they burn through too much water for my porty probably. I think I once read someone ran a drimaster with their porty and used 13 gallons of water doing just a sofa.
Any good suggestions for an upholstery tool I can use with my Mytee porty?

Probably because the water is continuous. I wouldn't go that route with a porty. I like Kleanrite upholstery tools. I had one (100psi version) and messed it all up with my Mytee. Make sure you get the high psi version of any tool just in case you have it turned up.

[Mike M]

I spent a lot of hours using this style tool. Can be used with TM or portable. Not super expensive, durable and no overspray. Can be bought with or without hose, 3.5 or 4.5 inches wide.

http://www.pmftools.com/prodUpolstery23.php

Most suppliers sell these. Dultmeier sells them for about the best price as anyone.

[luvsnow]

I always forget about Dultmeier having some carpet cleaning tools, I will have to take a look and see what they have.

[Bud B]

    I first bought a freedom upholstery tool 400 psi .   (its the one with the internal jet and the vac slide)   I went through over 20 gallons to do a sofa!   My porty has 2-3 stage vacs and the suction was so great that I had to run about 250 psi to get water to come out through the vac slot.  (most of the water as getting sucked up before it ever came out of the tool)     I bought another one, this time external jet, almost identical minus the vac slide and the internal spray.    The same sofa a year later with the external jet  upholstery tool took about 5 gallons of water roughly.     I haven't hardly touch the internal jet w/vac slide tool since.     
                The only internal type jet tool I'd buy for upholstery's is one with the separate spray chamber or the plain jane  Pmf w/ external spray that I have.   My .02           
               Like the others said some of them tools are kind of exspensive.

[Mike M]

Bud - Isn't that the same PMF tool under a different name? Pretty sure they private label that for other companies.

The key to using an internal jet tool is knowing how to adjust it. If you have lower pressure you need to open the vac release so the water is just at the lip of the tool. Adjust the vacuum or pressure to get the spray to go in or out as much as you want. There is NO way you should have used that much water cleaning a sofa. Either you had the trigger pulled the whole time or it wasn't adjusted to wet the sofa enough to get the cleaning you wanted.

Funny how there are no instructions with these tools. You need to figure it out yourself............or learn from someone on a bulletin board?

[Bud B]

   I played with the vac adjust , and could not get a consistency.   had to go back over with either more water or more dry strokes, to much time on repeat strokes.  GIVE ME SIMPLICITY!   I carried the clean and recovery water in buckets, yes sir, 20+ gals .  I called it a PITA. The other tool I run at 50 psi, plenty of water great suction, very few passes. 

 Mike,  U want to buy it!    
 
    Just joking, I'll keep it for back up, or keep it in the shop for some things there.( or maybe a second truck someday? )

[Mike M]

Not adjusted for efficiency.

Try it again sometime. If not with portable then with TM. Spray should be just at the lip. Should be no need to keep going over it. If its too wet then decrease pressure or increase vac. Too dry then increase pressure or decrease vac.

I have made countless thousands using those tools and got great results.

Only time I would go external jet tool is if I had a low pressure portable.

[GNU]

I had kleerites most the time. the only differance between the high psi and the low psi one is that on the high psi model it bleeds the water continuously.. thus lowering possible breakage.
and the other up tools do the same. bypass excess water and with my HP kleerite I have easily used 13 gallons on a sofa a clean sofa at that.  I use the cheap plastic ones with the covered jet. so I can see what is being cleaned.

[azsteamer]

I have no idea how much water I go through on a couch, but it's a lot.  I can easily empty my tank one time, which is 65 or more gallons.  BUT, before you go crazy thinking about that, remember that my machine will throw water in the waste tank to cool down. 

I like the old style prochem upholstery tool.  indestructable.  I also keep a drimaster for only microfiber.

[GNU]

I scored two hydramaster stair tools today and 4 hydra hoes. small spinner for tile. and a gekko for tile. and about 200 feet of solution line. anyone need any wands? or stair tools?

[kingjoelking]

Feel Free to send me a hydra Hoe.  would like to cut one down short and make a stair tool. I all ready have a stair tool.  But I just want to try cutting down a full size to make a stair tool. For curiosity sake.

Either that Or i could make my 9 year old start working for me. me and him could dual wand.

[Mike M]

The Hydra Hoe isn't a bad wand. Cleaned a lot of carpet with one of those.

I used to like the Hydramaster long handle stair tool. 

[GNU]

lol Joel. these are not the narrow ones at all there are the 12 inch wide ones. generallt come with the bigger machines standard. I could cut it down a little bit before shipping it out. these things are friggin long. If I was 6'3 I wouldnt have an issue using one of them

[kingjoelking]

Exactly a full size stair wand.  It sounds great on paper I just have no idea how it would work in the real world. 

[Mike M]

Exactly a full size stair wand.  It sounds great on paper I just have no idea how it would work in the real world.

PMF and others make a 3' stair tool. 9" or wider. .........They work great. Only way to go if you have a lot of stairs to clean.

[TimO]

From my previous post, I decided against the DriMaster tool for my portable....even though it has a 16 gallon tank. I saw the new internal jets and after talking with the rep went against it and just went with the duplicate, external jet, that I've been using for many years. It seemed to me that the internal jet would reduce over-spray, but still has the potential to get clogged and therefore a PITA and a time consumer to unclog it.

Honestly, I was rather shocked to hear some of the PSI and water usage numbers that were listed. Makes me wonder if I was using the proper technique. I run at about 75 psi and use only about 1-1.5 gal/ per 2-piece set. But results have been very good as well as dry times.

[Mike M]

Tim - Those numbers are fine for upholstery.

Gallons used are less for external jet as well. External jet is probably a good choice for a low pressure portable. Its harder to balance pressure and air flow with those units and internal jet does use more water.